[wellylug] Nightmares on Paradise (solved)

[Phillip Hutchings]

Jamie Baddeley wrote:

>I finally worked this out.
>
>Word to the wise. It seems that Linux (specifically debian sarge) has
>problems autonegotiating with Motorola modems. My system had no such
>problems with the older com21. Using a realtek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ NIC
>(i.e. a DSE special)
>
>setting the eth card to HD solved the problem. i.e mii-diag -F
>10BaseT-FD
>
>Maybe if the install tech had known to check that when he installed, he
>could have saved us all some time...
>
Really? I have never had any problems with RTL-8139 cards and my 
Motorola cable modem. Currently I'm using a VIA Rhine chipset, but I had 
a RTL-8139 ($18 from DSE at the time) running with autodetection and no 
problems whatsoever...

Then again, when I got my cable modem installed it was going to a MacOS 
X machine, the tech just gave me the details :P